Skip to comments.
Army surrenders to 'coward' GI
UPI ^
| 7/15/04
| Dan Olmsted
Posted on 07/15/2004 4:13:00 PM PDT by ebersole
Edited on 07/15/2004 4:16:13 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
[history]
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-42 next last
1
posted on
07/15/2004 4:13:02 PM PDT
by
ebersole
To: ebersole; Ragtime Cowgirl
BTTT
I remember this story.
2
posted on
07/15/2004 4:27:37 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: fourdeuce82d; El Gato; JudyB1938; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; ...
3
posted on
07/15/2004 4:29:03 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: ebersole
Attached to 10th Special Forces? I could understand a regular army person sufferring from something like that, but the Forces are some damn mentally strong people. Seems odd.
To: ebersole
How is he a coward if he had a reaction to the drug?
5
posted on
07/15/2004 4:37:58 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: somemoreequalthanothers
He was regular Army. He was not SF qualified, but rather he was assigned to this particular team as an interrogator
6
posted on
07/15/2004 4:39:37 PM PDT
by
ebersole
To: somemoreequalthanothers
Just because a soldier is attached to SF doesn't mean that he (or she, sometimes) is SF-qualified. It just means they're in a support position to the ODAs.
7
posted on
07/15/2004 4:40:51 PM PDT
by
Future Snake Eater
("Oh boy, I can't wait to eat that monkey!"--Abe Simpson)
To: ebersole
Thursday he met with military officials who told him the charges were being dropped because of evidence he had a medical problem, although they refused to identify the problem. Severe reactions to anti-malaria drugs is not exactly a twinkie defense.
I'm willing to cut him some slack, and also understand why the military wishes to make it all 'go away'.
These powerful drugs are needed for deployment, and in most cases are relatively safe - but also can be physically life altering in certain individuals.
To: Future Snake Eater; ebersole
To: ebersole
What a horrible headline!
10
posted on
07/15/2004 4:45:05 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems.)
To: ebersole
I disagree with your title!
11
posted on
07/15/2004 4:46:05 PM PDT
by
verity
(The Liberal Media is America's Enemy)
To: verity
I didn't come up with the title..Dan Olmsted and Mark Benjamin did...
12
posted on
07/15/2004 4:46:57 PM PDT
by
ebersole
To: ebersole
Oh yeah, the devil made me do it. I was beaten as a child. I grew up poor. blah blah blah blah....Just someone else who doesnt want to take responsibility for their own actions.
13
posted on
07/15/2004 4:48:19 PM PDT
by
Dr. Marten
(I donated to the Democratic Party today, but I forgot to flush it down the toilet....)
To: somemoreequalthanothers
Better warriors through chemisty?
14
posted on
07/15/2004 4:50:06 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG -ret)
To: somemoreequalthanothers
Just because you are "attached" to SF does not mean you are SF.
15
posted on
07/15/2004 5:03:18 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
To: somemoreequalthanothers
My son is in the Peace Corps in Africa, and they have to take Lariam. They were all told to be aware of those types of side effects, and many of his co-workers had severely troubling reactions, up to and including hallucinations and incredibly bizarre dreams.
To: Bush_Democrat
My youngest has complained that he has horrible dreams if he takes Lariam in the evening instead of the morning.
17
posted on
07/15/2004 5:12:30 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(Ultimate Flip Flop->I support the Troops but not their mission)
To: Bush_Democrat
They were all told to be aware of those types of side effects, and many of his co-workers had severely troubling reactions, up to and including hallucinations and incredibly bizarre dreams. I have taken it before and it is nasty stuff. I didn't have hallucinations, but it need make me violently ill.
18
posted on
07/15/2004 5:18:39 PM PDT
by
killjoy
(It takes a Kerry to burn a village.)
To: Bush_Democrat
"including hallucinations and incredibly bizarre dreams."
Sounds like they could sell it on the street in California.
To: Bush_Democrat
Lariam, especially if taken over a long period of time can begin to wear on you. The dreams seem to keep you from resting properly. At least they did me. I finally decided to take my chances in exchange for blessed dreamless sleep. After all, how bad could it be?
You really don't want to know the answer to that one.
20
posted on
07/15/2004 5:28:17 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(This uniform needs something; something that says I'm here to destroy you, but with a sense of fun)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-42 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson